Skater XL

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 28
  3. Negative: 3 out of 28
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  1. Multiplayer.it
    Aug 11, 2020
    45
    Skater XL is little more than a technical demo, a draft game with a control system with good potential.
  2. GameSkinny
    Aug 3, 2020
    40
    Despite a legitimately innovative and satisfying control and trick system, Skater XL just feels incomplete.
  3. VG247
    Jul 30, 2020
    40
    What Skater XL does well is make you obsess over an 8-set of stairs, or return again and again to a simple curb. You will keep going back to line up the perfect angle, the exact spot to crouch into an ollie, tre flip and land a crooked grind. That’s great, that’s street skating in its essence, and it’s an achievement to capture that. But outside of that microcosm, as soon as you pan out, it steps on its own shoelaces and stumbles into a bush.
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  1. Vice
    Aug 5, 2020
    Skater XL comes at skateboarding from the angle that it’s extremely important. It’s serious, and in cutting out the extraneous pieces and paring the mechanics down to the most basic elements of real skateboarding, they try to get the player to take it as seriously as they can. But in my heart of hearts, I think that a good skateboarding game should feel like skateboarding culture. It should be a little destructive. It should be goofy, and the things that seem so important to the culture should look absolutely goofy in 10 years. It’s as important as you make it, as Boulala says, and my ideal skateboarding game treats it as slightly less important. By treating it with less importance, we might get a bigger world of possible tricks and ways of playing with a skateboard. That game would be closer to what I love about skateboarding.

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User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 106 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 106
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 106
  3. Negative: 43 out of 106
  1. NoMoreLuke
    Jul 30, 2020
    1
    I’m a skater. Have been skating since I was about 6 years old. This game, in its current format, is absolute trash. As others have said, it’sI’m a skater. Have been skating since I was about 6 years old. This game, in its current format, is absolute trash. As others have said, it’s essentially a demo. No online play (it’s 2020 - this is unforgiveable). Would be great to link uo with other players and trade lines, etc. but nooooo. The camera angle is absolutely awful. The controls are nice but buggy - pops an ollie often even though you haven’t let go of the analog sticks. Loads of graphics issues, which is astounding given the simplicity of the maps and the low quality graphics. No pedestrians, no other skaters, etc. Feels like a sandbox demo. Not worth the money. I’m hopeful they’ll patch in things like online play because if they don’t , this game will not last long! In its present state, don’t bother paying for it.… Full Review »
  2. Thetreoman
    Jul 30, 2020
    1
    This game should not have been released yet. It’s broken and buggy in almost every single way. This game is glitchy, boring and basic. YouThis game should not have been released yet. It’s broken and buggy in almost every single way. This game is glitchy, boring and basic. You would expect a small indie studio to have more passion for a project, but that isn’t the case, as this extremely incomplete game is being sold as full, at full price. If Fallout 76 and No Man Sky has a baby. This would be that child. Buy this game a year from now when most of the problems are hopefully fixed. Do not buy this game now. You would do better to wait. This game has a great idea, that’s executed terribly and lazily.… Full Review »
  3. munkhead
    Jul 30, 2020
    1
    Floaty unrealistic physics, camera clips trough geometry, model and texture quality is outdated and inconsistent. Almost every challange canFloaty unrealistic physics, camera clips trough geometry, model and texture quality is outdated and inconsistent. Almost every challange can be done while standing, you don't have to follow the ghost as long you do the sequence. For static lighting the visual fidelity is rather underwhelming. The lack of npcs and other ambient elements makes this game feel very dead. All in all very disappointing.… Full Review »
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